The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-07-26
THE - AueusrA.
Her Habits. Her Traits. Her IdiOsyn-
cracies.

1ou remember. OF course. IhRckeT
avs celebrated sketch Of the Graud
Mc-1-gvE entitled. = -L~6erfcus-
L,6aricus Rs-.@ With few strokes
Of the pencil the artist has thrown
upon the single psge more Of the
lessons OF the =" s,1-,itss ezEisassys than
even he. as 8 writer. could with his
pen have crowded into q score OF
chapters Of delightful morslizing. !
am forcibly reminded Of that sketch
whenever / see the Empress Augusta
In public, snd hear afterwards the
curious gossip regarding her shost IN
Berlin society. Royalties sire inside
Of very common clay, sitter al. and
like other people are subject to the
universal law which Byron expressed
by saving that no man Is s hero 70
his valet The Empress Augusta.
you VII find. Is no exception; and the
calcium light under which lsuresteS
and court dilettsnu hsve exhibited
her from S distance TO 8 naturally ps
triotic and also very gulhble public,
as s sort OF female MacRnsS. only
serves To obscure her real character.
The character under the frequently
more significant and trustworthy tai
loE-dip OF court gossip and small
talk Is shown to be. fear. nothing
more than weakness. conceit and
vanity eontending IL the ROYAL breast
for supremacy with religious fe-vor.
q certain sense Of duty. and S deter
minsoon st al times 70 be on the best
conceivable terms with herself.
The Empress has aged considerably
within the LAST few years. Indeed
YOU would call her venerable were i
not for the fact that she Is fourteen
wears younger than her husband. who
Is ninety. Sui she continues sssidu-
ouslv 70 repair by the aid Of an the
ueparable ravages Of time Ii Is this
which makes her sppear upon oeea
Sons almost hldeous. Imagine s face
wrinklei and punched. topped by an
enormous black wig. the sunken
cheeks glowing with unnatural color.
s psir q dark. lustreless ewes staring
into vacancy. the scrawny neck. once
the admiration and envy Of the court
now 8 mass OF cords and SineHs. 6
figure bent with sse and infrmiues.
by stout walking stick. or
leanlng upon the arm q an attendant
.sn0 you have s picture u the En-
press. ss she appears II public or ST
Court festivals. Upon the occasion
Of the anniversary Of the Enperors
birthday II March she was rolled into
the audience chamber seated upon 3
chsir and she remained IN that posi-
ton throughout the proceedings.
while the Emperor himself remained
Her carriages are 80 con
stTucted that the chair can Be rolled
into them. aud 8 staircase was re
gently built u the palace which VIII
admit Of her being conveyed 70 the
upper floors OF the building II the
same eSSy manner. Confirmed inva-
I'D though she be, she Is a exscJing
and punctIlOus II her demands upon
others. Is regards court ceremonial.
ss Il she were ! royalty Of YES
ceDdsys creation and feared her reign
might come 70 3 sudden and sbrupt
end on the mcIr0w- Her toilet and
personal adorlmentS occupy her time
s. much q they did fifty years ago
and. I fear. more 50 She then had
youth and beauty. Of which nos q
-raoe remains u day. Her pictures
d the period. which By the way she
still continues 70 distribute with
-sylsh hand among the LOYAL and de-
voted followers u her court. show her
10 have been q commanding presence
with an intellectual cast Of features Of
he English type. and q finely shaped
head. balanced with royal self passes
SION upon d magnificent psir Of shout
5erS You could not obtain II Berlin
.o-Gsy 3 PRINT. photo OF picture OF the
Empress Of more recent date than say
twenty OF twenty-five years sgo. The
contrast woulc b. too startling. were
her present appearance compared
With what il vas then And % the
poor old lady goes on deca;vng Nd
1ne but except herself. sui clinging
10 the memories q the past clutching
81 the outward trappings Of royalty.
stin wsglng wsr upon time with pow
der. wig and paint On. szsjsas szsi
.ai Where i the German artist
bold enough ID draw the cartoon In
ssr--z--A .s-l--4s -zsss Tu.gsv1sri--i
The relations between the Emperor
and the Empress have never been
very cooGsi though Of late they are
said ID b les strained than they for
merry were What change has taken
place i dne no doubt 10 the disciplin
ing hand q time and 70 5he Empsrors
Uniform kindness Of heart and furgiv-
ing disposition II people do not
stop 3usrrelllng at seventy SIX and
ninety when VII they stop2 Even
husband and wife. mus learn wisdom
BY that time 4 they never did before.
50 the Be-llners have o0me 70 the
conclusion that their Emperor and
royal spouse have made up Out
Eard appearances tend 10 confirm
his view. Formerly the arrival OF
he Emperor n Berlin wss the signal
.